Police sports in European countriesEpp Jalakas, MA

• Epp Jalakas is Director of Physical Education at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS) and Member

of the Board of the Estonian Police Sports Association (EPSA)• Main research interests: physical abilities and actvities in the area of

internal security; sedentary behaviour.• Estonia has only one police educational establishment - the Police

and Boarder Guard College which is one of the colleges at EASS.• Estonian police sport is headed and managed by EPSA, which

organizes Estonian Police championships and other police competitions in Estonia. The president of EASS is Kalle Laanet –

a former minister of the interior; the general secretary is Maili Arro.

About the author, EASS and EPSA

Collecting data about police sports in Europe

• Materials of USPE conference in 2009• Supervison of Diploma thesis about Estonian police sports in 2011• 2011 USPE conference - questions were raised whether new USPE

championships were necessary and what are the most popular sports in member countries

• A questionnaire was sent to police sports contacts in European countries in August and a second time in September 2013

• Answers were collected from 15 countries up to the end of October• A police sports seminar at EASS was held on 08.11.2013

Members of USPE /CEPOLhttp://www.uspe.org/mitgliedslaender.html

https://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=police-colleges

Countries in the summaryFull answers• France• Germany• Finland• Latvia• Hungary• Belgium• Luxembourg• Serbia• Slovenia• Ireland• Estonia

Partially given or datafound from the internet

• Sweden• Bulgaria• Austria• Switzerland• Italy• United Kingdom• Russian Federation• Lithuania• Holland

Candidates to the police schools and academies per one place

(regarding to the answers to the questionnaire)

Physical abilities entrance tests used in European countries

Strength excercises• Push-ups• Pull-ups, arms bent hanging• Bench press• Pulling and pushing on a isokinetic machine with handle bars• Dragging a simulated body (45 kg, 80 kg)• Sit-ups

Physical abilities entrance tests used in European countries

• 4x10m, 10x10m shuttle run, 100m sprint• 1000m, 1500m, 2000m, 2400m, 3000m runs, shuttle

endurance run, Cooper test• Circuit; tracks with series of obstacles (pushing and pulling

weights, jumping over or/and running around or/and going through obstacles, running up and down on stairs, walking along a beam)

• Jump over a barrier 2m/2,3m• Standing longjump * swimmig 100m, diving for an item• 3kg ball throw

Practical guidelines for candidates

http://www.sporttest-polizei.de/in-8-wochen-zur-topform.htmlhttp://www.poliisiradio.fi/poliisi/poliisiradio/home.nsf/archive/0991366BFD0DD1DAC2257A17002EB3EF

http://www.sporttest-polizei.de/anforderungen-der-bundeslaender.html

http://www.polizei.mvnet.de/cms2/Polizei_prod/Polizei/de/bi/Auswahlverfahren/Sporttest/index.jsp

Many combined exercises are used for entrance tests

http://jobpol.be/fr/home/agent_selectieprocedure_cv

• Though not usual, suggestions are still made regarding height and BMI in evaluating whether candidates are suitable for policework

http://www.polizei-nrw.de/artikel__134.html

Other demands for candidates

Evaluation of physical abilities is actual. Table from the last german police sports magazine

http://www.dpsk.de/images/docs/Polizeisport-Depesche/02-2013_Polizeisport-Depesche_ARred.pdf

The amount of physical education in curricula (vocational/(applied) higher ed.)

(related to the answers to the questionnaire)

* Some countries showed in their answers only the amount of PE classes in one week

Self-defence and similar disciplines in curricula (vocational/(applied) higher ed.)(related to the answers to the questionnaire)

* Some countries showed in their answers only the amount of SD classes in one week

More examples in the area of physical education and self defence• Holland police academy - 356 hours of training

including judo, self defence, swimming (lifesaving), handling a weapon, handling an escalated conflict situation, arresting a (dangerous) suspect, etc.

• Just for judo - approx. 70 hours• Police officers need to take judo and self-defence

classes twice a year

Competitions organized for police officers (mostly police championships; in some cases other competitions)

Example: German police sports championships calender

http://www.policesportuk.com/

Indoor sports

Various races

Joint competitions

The most popular sports in past years

Popular sports in past years,mentioned only in one country

Joint competitions• The fourth Estonian internal security area and military

forces games will take place in August 2014. Participants in these games besides police personnel are prison, tax and customs, rescue service and other personnel.

• There are military and police games in the Lihtuanian police sports calender http://www.policija.lt/index.php?id=22585

• There are also joint competitions for police, fire and prison departments in the UK police sports calendar

http://www.spul.fi

Second largest competitions in the world

www.fairfax2015.com

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